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Ronnie passed naturally last night around 9 pm from congestive heart failure. He was diagnosed 2 weeks ago, but the medications (lasix and enalapril) were unable to keep up with his failing heart, despite dosage increase. The vet said he had one of the largest hearts she had ever seen...

Over the past three to four days, Ronnie has stopped eating his pellets. Billy is eating his pellets just fine, so I don't think it's an issue with the food. I have also noticed Ronnie shaking his ears, which could be a sign that his head tilt is coming back. His poops are smaller and darker...

It's gotten to the point where we are considering solely buying feed online. In two years of buying pellets from the Tractor Supply, we have gotten a fresh bag of feed ONCE. Unfortunately, the brand we had been using (Manna Pro) did not come with a mill date or an expiration date so we always...

New year, new blog. Here is the link to my old blog: The Nethie Boys I don't have any pictures to post but I wanted to type up an update on how the boys are doing. There's not much to say about Billy...he's the same hyper little troublemaker that he always was. He still comes to binky on the...

Chris called me this morning to let me know that Ronnie isn't doing well. I've been so busy lately and have only been able to see the bunnies twice this past week, so I didn't see any warning signs of Ronnie's condition. According to Chris, Ronnie wasn't like this last night, and the tilt just...

So today Billy had three hours of run time which he filled with his usual Bunny 500's and binkies on the bed. He even flopped over and let us pet him when he was tired (something he's been doing a lot lately). When it was time to go back into his cage, I lured him back with dinner and he was...

Ok, I think I already know the answer to this seeing as we've had so many gender fairies pay visits. But in an adult rabbit is there a way to accurately guess at the gender by just looking at the bunny without turning it upside down? Are there distinguishing physical characteristics (other than...

There are a lot of gnats here in Virginia, and it can be pretty unbearable outside at times. I wanted to take the bunnies outside on nice days and reduce the amount of bugs so I was thinking of using citronella candles set up on tables outside of the playpen. Does anyone know if citronella is...

Ok, this is a really random question and not important at all, but I've been curious about it for a while. A lot of times if I sit there talking to Billy, he will stare at me and when I stop talking he will open and close his mouth as if talking. It almost looks like he should be making a cheep...

Thanks tonyshuman for bringing this to my attention! Someone from my Flickr group must have submitted Ronnie's photo to Cute Overload, and you can now see him under this week's posts: http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/ So, CONGRATULATIONS Ronnie, for being super cute and getting...

I'm not much for blogging, in fact this is the first blog I've ever written! I decided that with nicer weather coming up I'd like to start a blog for Billy and Ronnie so I can put up cute bunny pictures for others to enjoy. I'm still trying to figure out how to get a good indoor picture with my...

Originally I took the stance that Billy was one of those bunnies that doesn’t like to be pet, that he would never change, and that I’d better leave him alone or else he’d get mad at me. Well, after reading a few posts on the forum I decided that I’d go ahead and try to pet him, even if...

As first time rabbit owners we are learning new things every day, many by trial and error. When we bought our first bag of Manna Pro rabbit pellets at the Tractor Supply, the only size they had was 50 lbs…so we bought one for our 2 lb rabbit. Naturally we checked the bag for an expiration...

This post is more out of curiosity than anything. Ronnie had been used as a breeder bunny for the first 2 years of his life, so that’s all he knew before we got him. He was neutered 5 months ago and improved quickly in terms of spraying urine and using his litter box. The humping behavior...

We haven’t tried bonding Billy and Ronnie yet, but I’m not sure if we will. Our ultimate goal would be to have them share the same play area, but still live in separate cages. Billy is aggressive and Ronnie is docile, so we thought it would work. For 4 months we’ve kept the bunnies...

Had to post outdoor pictures because my camera works very poorly indoors. Meet Billy and Ronnie, two Netherland Dwarf males whose personalities are completely different. They live in a one bedroom apartment and have to be separated by two baby gates because Billy is still angry at Ronnie for...